DO LVNs GET RESPECT?

pagandeva2000, LPN · Feb 28, 2007

i know what you mean. i have no desire to return to school full time and deal with class politics.
my co-workers were speechless when they found out i'm finishing my ba part time. i enjoy my classes, pick the ones i want, and feel absolutely zero stress in my midterms and papers. i might not be the brightest or youngest in the room, but i'm one of the few that are there for the love of the subject, to listen and relax during the lecture, and don't have to answer to anyone on my grades...

what are you majoring in? i remember hating the stress that i put myself through...and i had to admit to myself that i did it to me. i didn't know how to seperate myself from obtaining the grades and enjoying the experience, because nursing school didn't allow me to. everything was a race to the finish line...get an a in chemistry, anatomy, etc...learn many things that i would never use again in a million years, and have classmates turn against me because i applied myself and didn't hang with the cliques. i didn't gain an appreciation for anything until the stress was off. it is funny...now that i finished school, i actually purchased an lpn textbook that contained the entire cirriculum with the study guide, and now, i am reading to fully understand, and i love it. i plan to take continuing education courses and meet with tutors to go over the subjects of interest that i really could not tend to, such as nutrition, ekg, and i even intend to take an anatomy course with my union...not for a grade, but to enjoy it and understand what is necessary. there is no way that i would put myself through this again. i really enjoy being a nurse, but the college experience actually embittered me to some degree.

i am happy to hear that you are enjoying your classes, and not experiencing so much stress and agony. that is what learning should be...an experience to enjoy, not to be miserable.

Male Filipino Nurse · Mar 3, 2007

I feel we're all the same. I don't care if you're an RN, CNA or a fellow LVN, we're ALL THE SAME. I went to a nursing convention in Ontario, California last year and was so hyped having the opportunity to possibly acquire a job. As i walked around to each kiosk the very first question that came out of those people's mouths was "are you licensed?" Of course i responded with a "yes" and told them that i was an LVN. To my surprise (at that time) their response was "ooh, an lvn? Sorry, we only hire RNs" It really doesn't seem much initially when you hear that response but it's the body language that i observed from that that ticked me off. In my mind i was like "dude screw you" Sorry for the foul language but i just hate being judged by my license. Myself and everyone else here that's an LVN worked their a**ses off to attain our goals. The very fact that we're being disrespected is something that i will never tolerate. Now, not all RNs are like this as most of them are extremely helpful and know how to utilize teamwork.